Thus Arcticism is a parsimonious theory for paleo-origins of general EA psych, before adding on later Holocene individualism effects of pastoralism🦌 on Mongols/Tibetans, & collectivism effects of agriculture🌾 on Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans- leading to further local variation - ThreadSky

arcticinstincts.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Thus Arcticism is a parsimonious theory for paleo-origins of general EA psych, before adding on later Holocene individualism effects of pastoralism🦌 on Mongols/Tibetans, & collectivism effects of agriculture🌾 on Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans- leading to further local variation

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arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Confucianism revived preexisting Zhou dynasty values, can't act as sudden cause of EA personality. 🍚Rice farming induces collectivism but can't extend to North China, Mongolia, Tibet, Manchuria, Inuit

Indian/N.Italian/Iranian/Malay rice farmers general psych differs from EA

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Novel testable predictions- EAs will tolerate close quarters group confinement (igloos/tents) better & have more Arcticist traits vs other ancestry ppl, controlled for pastoralism: Mongols vs Cossacks, Berbers, Somalis- & rice farming: South🇨🇳/🇯🇵/🇰🇷 vs Indians, Malays, N.Italians.

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

It already has successful predictions-

In Singapore, ethnic Chinese have only 1/6th the rate of claustrophobia vs Malays & Indians, despite all w same national upbringing/rice farm ancestry. 🌾

EA polar expeditioners have higher endurance, motivation, psych stability than N.American ones ⛷️

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Are these traits genetic, epigenetic or cultural? It may be one, or a mix. Polar studies show selective pressures, but w/o future gene studies, we don't know. This paper can guide the difficult search for polygenic traits. East Asian parenting is known to transmit and enforce these traits

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Is this environmental/geographic determinism? No, recent climato-econ & socioecology research shows some environments can be more deterministic than others. Especially ones like the Arctic whose selective pressures caused severe bottleneck events, and shaped morphology/genetics/medical markers.

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

The well known distinctly EA combo of sociocultural problems (excessive conformity, emotional repression, death by overwork, shyness, image obsession, introversion, risk aversion, social sensitivity etc) may be mainly remnants of ancient Arcticism, & not Confucianism/agriculture.

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